Texas Supreme Court Reaffirms “Rigorous and Searching Judicial Analysis of Plaintiffs’ Claims” Required Prior to Class Certification

By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Emilee Crowther Duane Morris Takeaways: In American Campus Communities, Inc. v. Berry, No. 21-0874 (Tex. Apr. 21, 2023), the Texas Supreme Court unanimously reversed the trial court’s class certification order and disposed of the appeal on the grounds Plaintiffs’ claims were facially defective.  In rendering its decision, the Texas …

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